Sanitary device



A. JOHNSON SAN-ITARY DEVICE Filed Feb. 25, 1952 June 2, 1953 INVENTORALBERT JOHNSON ATTORNEYS Patented June 2, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE 2,640,484 Y Y 4 SANITARY DEVICE Albert Johnson, Los Angeles,Calif.

Application February 23, 1952, Serial No. 273,007

2 Claims.

My invention has to do with sanitary devices and has as its principalobject the provision of a sanitary urinal for men afflicted withurological ailments which impair their ability to control the release ofurine.

I am aware that receptacles to be worn by the user have beenproposed-much a device being shown in my United States Letters PatentNo. 2,573,449, but those of which I am aware have possessed theshortcoming that pools of the collected liquid form to which the maleorgan is exposed, so that not only are they uncomfortable but alsosomewhat unsanitary.

A more specific object of my present invention is to provide a devicewhich overcomes said diificulty.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which is simpleand economical in construction, highly sanitary and which may be worncomfortably.

' By way of explaining my invention, I shall now describe a preferredembodiment thereof, for which purpose I shall refer to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Fig, l is a reduced perspective view showing an embodiment of myinvention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation with a part of the side wall broken away;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section taken on line 44 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, 5 denotes a waist-encircling belt, preferably made of asuitable plastic material. One of its ends is fixed to a front flexiblestrip 6, likewise preferably of plastic, as by heat sealing at I, whilethe other end of the belt is adapted to be releasably secured to theother end of the strip 6 as by a conventional snap fastener 8.

A bag-like receptacle [5 is suspended from strip 6 by flexible strips I!one end of each of which is secured to the receptacle as by heat sealingat [8, while the other end of each strip l! is releasably attached tothe outer end of a tab 20 by a conventional snap fastener 2 l. The innerend of each tab 20 is secured to the strip 6 in any suitable way, as bya grommet 22.

An auxiliary strap 25 of adjustable length is detachably secured at itsends to the respective strips I! as by conventional snap fasteners 25,the strap 25 being disposed to loop under the testes of the wearer toprevent the receptacle from swinging outwardly away from the wearer.

The receptacle l5 has its side wall |5a converge at its bottom end to adischarge neck so which neck is fitted with a valve-controlled plug 32.

The top or inlet end of the receptacle converges to a reduced diameterinlet opening 35 which is reinforced by a relatively rigid ring 36 aboutwhich the side wall of the receptacle is disposed and terminates in aninwardly disposed flange 38. Ring 36 has an annular groove 31 in itsperiphery and is held in place by a snap ring 40, which compresses theside wall of the receptacle in the groove.

The interior of the receptacle is divided into an inlet chamber 45 and acollecting chamber 46, by means of a division or partition member 50 nowto be described.

Member 50 is composed of two opposed sheets 52, 53 of flexible plasticmaterial secured together along their marginal portions as shown at 55,and secured along its top edge 56 to the inner surface of side wall l5a,as by heat sealing.

Member 50 is open at its top and at its bottom portion it is providedwith two outlet necks 60, 6!, which necks remain collapsed, with theiropposite Walls in contact with each other, except when passing liquidfrom the inlet chamber to the collecting chamber. It will thus be notedthat the necks 60, 5| function as check valves to prevent reversepassage of liquid from chamber 46 to chamber 45. To insure said necksremaining collapsed, I may secure the opposite walls 52, 53 togetherabove and between the necks as by a fastener 65.

To facilitate strapping the receptacle to the users leg, as by straps65, I provide loops 61 secured to the exterior of the receptacle.

It will be apparent that, in use, when the male organ is insertedthrough the neck 38 it remains disposed within the chamber 45 which isat all times relatively dry since any liquid deposited in chamber 45immediately passes through necks 60, 6| into the collecting chamber fromwhich there may not be any return flow.

I claim:

1. A sanitary urinal comprising an elongated, flexible, waterproofreceptacle having an inlet opening at its top end and an outlet openingat its bottom end, a partition member secured only along its top edge tothe inner surface of said receptacle at a point spaced below said inletopening and above said outlet opening whereby to provide in saidreceptacle an inlet chamber between said partition member and said inletopening and a collecting chamber between said partition member and saidoutlet opening; said partition member being composed of two normallyface to face contacting sidewalls secured together References Cited inthe file of this patent along their side margins and being open at itsUNITED STATES A T top for admission of liquid from the inlet cham- N b ND t her and open at its bottom for release of said 5 um 61 a e liquidinto the outlet chamber, and means for 1490793 AJamlan et a1 1924suspending said receptacle from the body of a 2593051 Pea'my 1952 user.FOREIGN PATENTS 2. The .device of .claim 1 .whenein said .inlet Numberkcountry Date opening is surroundediby rigidireiriioraementaand 10 5 3France 1929 is defined by a depending annular flexible flangeterminating short of said partition member.

ALBERT JOHNSON.

